Driving in wet weather

[Musicman]

Wear sunglasses when its raining at night.

 

[humbug]

The electronic signs on motorways and A roads sometimes have weather related information on.

They sometimes tell you to slow down because of fog when it's a bright sunny day because the person who put it on has gone home and forgot about it.

 

[Frijj]

The electronic signs on motorways and A roads sometimes have weather related information on.

Never once unless it's average speed have I ever seen anyone slow down for the speed limits on the overhead signs

I feel like a right **** doing 50 when the sign is flashing 50 and everyone still goes past at 70

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Wear sunglasses when its raining at night.

Those amber lense one used to be popular for night driving. Used to get advertised on tv.

 

[Beaker]

When I was driving in France last year, the toll roads had 2 speed limits, one for dry weather and another for wet weather with signs every so often. Thought it was a cracking idea, especially when it started to lash down.

 

[becs]

Never once unless it's average speed have I ever seen anyone slow down for the speed limits on the overhead signs

I feel like a right **** doing 50 when the sign is flashing 50 and everyone still goes past at 70

They're just advisory not mandatory so people ignore them.

 

[Frijj]

They're just advisory not mandatory so people ignore them.

Even the ones on the overhead on a motorway?

 

[MackemBob]

Even the ones on the overhead on a motorway?

It depends on whether it's the speed with the flashing amber lights or the speed in a white circle with a red border.

Ambers lights advisory,

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red circle mandatory.

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[Frijj]

It depends on whether it's the speed with the flashing amber lights or the speed in a white circle with a red border.

Ambers lights advisory,

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red circle mandatory.

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What a thick **** I am

Mind you nobody ever obeys a mandatory 50 through roadworks either unless there's cameras

Never seem to see police checking those either

 

[sadsack01]

What a thick **** I am

Mind you nobody ever obeys a mandatory 50 through roadworks either unless there's cameras

Never seem to see police checking those either

The ones with the red circle are mainly found in Variable speed areas (like part of the M62 for example) and every few of them have speed cameras on each lane.

Strangely, the cameras are only activated when there is a variable speed in place. If it's NSL, they don't work (to my understanding anyway)

 

[Rick O Shea]

When I was driving in France last year, the toll roads had 2 speed limits, one for dry weather and another for wet weather with signs every so often. Thought it was a cracking idea, especially when it started to lash down.

That's a bad idea - if you were in Wales or Scotland there would then have to be 4 signs............

OP is an idiot and should have his license revoked.

 

[JAZZMANB]

sliding all over the road.

When you see a sign saying Slow Down it means slow down, but there isn't any signs telling motorists to drive more carefully in wet weather.

Static signs ? You'd need a very big one for everywhere and some bloke to put it away when the sun comes out ,God ?

One sign i misunderstood was the skidding car,it doesn't mean that bit of road has slippy bits its juts an area that seems to catch people out and crashes are common.